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William Edwards Huntington, Illinois

HuntingtonGdaughter  (View posts) Posted: 21 Mar 2009 5:44AM GMT
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Huntington/Robinson
The following is extracted from (old book print may produce errors during electronic conversion)~

A historical sketch of the Robinson family of the line of Ebenezer Robinson, a soldier of the Revolution:

ROBINSON FAMILY. pg47
4. ELLA MARIA, b. March 28th. 1858: in. May ioth, 1881. Rev. William Edwards Huntington.
William Edwards Huntington was born in Hillsborough, Illinois,
July 30th, 1844. He served in two campaigns in the war; in 1864, as private in the 40th Wisconsin and as First Lieutenant in 1865 in the 49th Wisconsin Regiment.
He was graduated at the university of Wisconsin in 1870, obtaining there his degrees of A. 15. and A. M. From the Boston University he received the degrees of S. T. B. and Ph. D. He preached in Nahant, Jamaica Plains, Rosindale. Newton. Harvard St. Church. Cambridge, and in Tremont St. Church, Boston.
He studied in Germany in 1880 for one year. In 1882 he was
made Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of Boston University.
On the resignation of Dr. Warren, he was elected Acting President of Boston University.
Dr. and Mrs. Huntington have four children as follows:
RAYMOND Edwards, b. June 281I1. 1882.
EMMA CAROLINE, b. Jan. i6lh. 1884; died September. 1884.
GENEVIEVE, b. July 29th. 1892.
MIRIAM, b. Nov. 21st. 1897.

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